"Spending time with family makes me realize how much we are the same, yet how different we have become, leaving me to treasure the diversity of our family character(s)." ~nrlhttp://www.strike-the-root.com/72/allport/allport13.html"We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now."~Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true."~Swami Vivekananda"There were times when my mother and I would disagree. My spouse would retort, 'You're both saying the same thing!' ""So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground. ~Oprah WinfreyMy version:"It's all right to falter, fall, and fail ... just learn something in the process." ~nrl"People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost." ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects." ~Blaise Pascal

"Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish." ~Hermann Hesse"The arrangement of our words can and do often create a misunderstanding of our thoughts. I concur, Mr. Hesse! " ~nrl"If there are things you don't like in the world you grew up in, make your own life different." ~Dave ThomasThe hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is. ~Charles M. Schwab"I have no choice, I am different ... and I'm okay with that! " ~nrl